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post #1 of 4
2/24/06 at 4:04pm
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i just received my sentia a couple days ago and the battery life doesnt seem all that good. i can only surf the web for about 90mins. any suggestions to why this is happening would be helpful.
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post #2 of 4
2/24/06 at 4:20pm
it gets way way more then 90 min. there must be a problem with it but sorry i dont know alotabout sentias
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post #3 of 4
2/24/06 at 4:22pm
How many times did you cycle it? As in , full charge to 0, then recharge. It took my battery in my m5500 a couple cycles to get to it's potential, which ended up at about 2.5hours

ALso, there are setting in both bios, and under battery properties (these are accessible by rt clicking on the battery icon on your toolbar/desktop).

The bios battery option should be set to power saving or something similar

You can set the battery properties to max battery to preserve its lifespan as well.

Other things will vary life as well, such as the apps you are running, screen brightness etc. But, after all I mentioned, with the Sentia you should get minimal of 3 hours.

Though, it does depend on the processor you have, the faster ones use more power, regardless of the fact that it is an M series.

Hope this helps
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post #4 of 4
2/25/06 at 11:51am
Try adjusting the power settings options on your computer and check the BIOS options to see if its in power save mode.

This article may help:
http://4help.alienware.com/cgi-bin/a...p?p_faqid=4487
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